Q: Rust on fenders and back bumper is rusted out 1996 Toyota T100

asked by on January 11, 2017

I am looking to buy a 1996 Toyota T100. I haven't seen the truck in person but based on the pics online there is visible rust on the wheel fenders as well as the back bumper. The fenders appear to have a couple of quarter sized rust holes visible. The bumper looks in bad shape and is very rusted thru. Is it worth my time to make the 3 hour ride to look at the truck because chances are there is more rust that I can not see?. I would need to get it MD inspected and is that an issue that would fail inspection?

My car has 97000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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